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अटुंगोगो
29
A person should not speak even truth if it causes pain to another. Even when asked he should ever refrain from uttering harsh and stinging words which generate hostile feeling.
30
Those persons of- enviable fortune whose mind, speech and actions are not contaminated with the poison of falsehood, indeed purify the earth with the prints of their lotus--like feet.
. 31
...A tree even though burnt down by fire, puts forth new foliage, but the wound made by cruel words never heals. Neither sandal pastë nor a necklace of jewels is able to give that pleasure which truthful speech gives. . .
32
For what purpose, should a man resort to falsehood, when the life is evanescent, the wealth is transitory, the objects of pleasure are vexatious and all the relatives are engrossed in seeking self-interest ?
